On this day — 15 June

American rapper and actor

American actress

French musician, singer and actor (1943–2017)

American actor and comedian (1949–2000)

American actor (born 1973)

American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist

American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)

Italian actor (1920–2003)

Greek singer (1946–2015)

American analytical chemist (1917–2010)

American actor

Japanese writer (1763-1828)

Norwegian singer and songwriter

Italian comic book creator (1927-1995)

American country musician (1937–2002)

American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)

Swedish actor, film director and author (1923-2012)

Australian sprinter (1942-2006)

American actress (born 1970)

Rwandan-Belgian humanitarian

Belarusian sprinter

British actor

American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)

American actress

American actor

German composer and musician

French actress

British vicar and author (1911–1997)

American actor and model

American actress

British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy novels (1939–2011)

Romanian-American cartoonist (1914-1999)

American actor and comedian (1884–1944)

Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016)

American gymnast

English musician and actor, songwriter

Turkish poet and writer (1925–2005)

German composer, organist, teacher and music theorist (1747–1814)

American composer, arranger (1894-1981)

Scottish surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792–1855)

American comic book and commercial artist (1941–2022)

English-born American conductor and composer (1910–1990)

British politician (1645-1712)

actress, director, writer, and producer (born 1955)

American singer

American musician (1922-1999)

British actor (1907–1975)

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

South Korean singer

Russian and Ukrainian broadcaster

Swedish writer; survivor of the Holocaust

Australian actress

British satirist, writer, director, actor, voice actor and producer

Scottish footballer (born 1959)

British drummer (1938–2023)

Québécois notary, poet, civil servant and liberal (1809-1866)

English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)

Argentine musician (1916–2016)

American composer (1900–1996)

Dutch politician (1623-1672)

Australian singer

American actor (1917-1996)

Danish ballet dancer (1915-2018)

Mexican poet (1888–1921)

French mathematician and theologian

American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter (1913-1988)

German philosopher (1900–1984)

author, abolitionist, and minister; born into slavery, in Port Tobacco, Charles Co., Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830

American comic artist (1927–1993)

English poet and dramatist (1605–1635)

American poet (1920-1994)

Australian singer

Pakistani writer (1927–1978)

Greek-American singer

American musician (born 1954)

racing driver

British cellist

Canadian writer

Venezuelan actress (1963-2012)

Indian classical vocalist

Soviet and Russian actress, drama teacher (1920—2008)

Estonian architect and tennis player (1901-1963)

actress, singer, television host

Serbian caricaturist

English broadcaster; BBC News reader from 1954 to 1982

Greek composer and singer (1917–2005)

Amercan cartoonist (1914–2006)

American comedy writer

American editor

Choreographer, television personality

American photographer (1947–1984)

American singer

American writer and educator (1930-2013)

actress

filmmaker, comedian, graphic novelist, and transgender activist

American novelist

political activist, businessman

British journalist and writer (1937-1996)

American designer (1916–1989)

British priest, philosopher

singer

American artist (1951-2010)

English composer (1937–2023)

Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)

British actress and politician (1936–2023)

German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker (1880–1938)

Italian director and politician (1923-2019)

Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor

American jazz guitarist (1923–1968)

Canadian-American actor (1911–2003)

Greek composer, pianist and conductor (1925-1994)

Dutch painter (1795-1858)

French composer

Korean army general and martial artist (1918–2002)

Scottish poet (1777-1844)

French film actress (1918-2005)

British mystic, poet, and novelist (1875–1941)

Catholic cardinal (1442-1521)

French composer (1857-1934)

American composer, conductor, musical arranger, flautist, bandleader and playwright (1902-1984)

French writer (1907–2000)

Irish actor (1926-1989)

French actor, businessman and executive (1927-2014)

Turkish journalist and writer (1899–1961)

French comedian (1922-2006)

Scottish soldier, writer and politician (1911-1996)

US tennis player (1935–2012)

Australian artist (1939-1992)

Croatian violinist (1862-1881)

American television animator and writer (1940-1992)

Australian filmmaker (1945–2013)